Morgan County Parks & Recreation Board of Directors Meetings held 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month at Future North Berkeley Community Park |
Objectives
· Preserving the county’s beauty for the benefit of residents as well as tourists;
· Promoting the creation and protection of parks, open and natural spaces, and a variety of
recreational and cultural facilities concomitant with new development; and
· Encouraging and providing opportunities for active recreation to enhance physical fitness
and enable more people to enjoy what Morgan County has to offer.
Objectives
These goals will be advanced by achieving the following objectives:
· Encouraging the creation of neighborhood parks within developments, and the linking of
open spaces among residential developments to create larger, contiguous undeveloped
areas;
· Supporting acquisition of additional park land as well as rights of way for hiking and
biking trails;
· Protecting existing sites and facilities such as the Widmeyer Running and Walking Track, the Observatory, and the Rt. 522 Ball Complex;
· Encouraging development of a countywide parks and recreation plan to assess future
demand for various types of recreation (e.g. golf, swimming, bowling, a community
recreation center with an indoor pool, and a separate, safe trail system for recreational
ATV’s) and prioritize the identified needs;
· Supporting expansion of recreational activities along the county’s waterways;
· Encouraging local governments and the school system to coordinate sports activities to
ensure efficient use of field space;
· Supporting completion of the community park and consideration of the creation of an
interpretive center and trail system in Paw Paw;
· Supporting the Travel Berkeley Springs Convention and Visitors’ Bureau as a means of
advancing tourism;
· Promoting the George Washington Heritage Trail through the Corridor Management
Plan;
· Continuing to work with the National Park Service on completion of the C&O Canal
trail
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